Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detailed and time-consuming clerical procedures needed to record issues , sizes of stock categories and other stock data can obviously be undertaken more cost-effectively by computers . |
| 2 | He may be a grandfather who has survived heart surgery and likes nothing better than spending time with his family but , like a retired gunslinger who can only be pushed so far , he gives the impression of still being capable of strapping on a Colt 45 and facing up to a gaggle of tobacco-stained desperadoes . |
| 3 | Others , such as whether to move house , can probably only be made much later . |
| 4 | In my view , accuracy can only be assured over very short periods of time , after which the refereeing panel must receive a proper rest . |
| 5 | The restriction on volume and speed of delivery means that images can only be built up slowly , at a pace determined by the rate at which data arrives at the terminal . |
| 6 | British law in this area is roughly based on the liberal precept that immorality may only be tolerated so long as it remains a wholly private matter . |
| 7 | This shuttling back and forth between the personae could only be done so adroitly by a poet exceptionally sensitive to the status and function of pronouns . |
| 8 | That is what they 're saying and I think that that can only be seen as eminently reasonable and I think that that Edward has hit the nail right on the head when he says look if this issue is not properly considered locally there can be no alternative if Government fails in its duty to call it in in the in the interests of of the local communities and the region at large , then it will have to go to Brussels . |
| 9 | It was an unusually quiet night , and Jack had been called in earlier and had stayed not out of necessity but because , as he said , if he went home he would only be called out again . |
| 10 | So , instead of a long run of one opera followed by a long run of another , operas would only be performed perhaps twice in succession and then not again for two or three weeks , during which other works would be given . |
| 11 | The squad I ran became what can only be described as more ‘ disordered ’ and ‘ polluted ’ than had been the accepted norm , and we exhibited many verbal and nonverbal signals of this divergent nature . |
| 12 | Basically everything we all agree at the Institute the question of improving the lot of the Third World is the responsibility of Third Worlders , and in fact a number of us would add that in very many cases , certainly not in all , it would not be achieved through slow incremental technical change , but would require in some cases very major social structural changes that in some cases erm will only be brought about very major social upheaval erm and there all we can do is add to perhaps the element of increasing consciousness and awareness of the problems , which furthermore is a two way street , I mean when we have this study activities we learn as much from the people who attend the seminars as we tell them . |
| 13 | Without amplification , cylinders could only be reproduced more loudly by altering the leverage between the stylus and the reproducing diaphragm . |
| 14 | While certainly it seems plausible to suggest that , if there are people from similar social or educational backgrounds in a number of key roles , the relationships between those people will facilitate the sharing of ideas and opinions , the processes involved can not necessarily be explained as simply as this . |
| 15 | But in the search for such pacts or agreements , the opposition parties will necessarily be drawn closer together , and the campaign for tactical voting will gather force and develop a presence that will make it better placed to make a major impact in the next election . |
| 16 | Example ( 3 ) ( d ) , for instance , would be an abbreviated form of a structure that could perhaps be realized more fully as : ( 26 ) our lawyer sent the packages ; the packages are registered It may of course be claimed that we should think in terms not of actual clauses but of some more hypothetical and abstract clause ; maybe the last five words in ( 26 ) should be replaced by something like : ( 27 ) [ subject the package plural ] subject be registered |
| 17 | It should perhaps be pointed out once again that even registration affords only prima facie evidence of title . |
| 18 | We are sorry that we can not prove a cause and effect conclusively , but suspect that the hemiparesis could be a reaction related to sumatriptan and suggest that intra-cerebral binding sites of sumatriptan should perhaps be studied more closely . |
| 19 | This novel method of synthesising the compound could perhaps be used more widely if the compound were dispersed — eg within a zeolite — where there are channels for the rapid movement of the reactive plasma species . |
| 20 | Less than a quarter of contests ever reach the final , antler pushing stage , and even then the deer stag only pushes its opponent 's antlers rather than trying to spike his softer flanks ; antlers could perhaps be used more dangerously than they are . |
| 21 | Analysis of the word-superiority effect in terms of the Johnston-McClelland model led to the conclusion that although word identification depends upon and occurs after letter identification , tasks requiring responses to words may nevertheless be performed more accurately , and indeed more quickly , than tasks requiring responses to letters . |
| 22 | It seems likely that documents that have hitherto been limited largely to Board discussions will shortly be made more widely available to staff . |
| 23 | The whole nationality question , he promised , would shortly be discussed more fully in the light of the changes that were taking place in other areas of Soviet life ; perhaps , he added in early 1988 , this could be the subject of one of the forthcoming meetings of the Central Committee . |
| 24 | And big brewers Scottish & Newcastle chairman Sir Alick Rankin reckons the north will soon be hit as hard as the south . |
| 25 | And what Hugh had to say to Abbot Radulfus would soon be talked over again with Brother Cadfael . |
| 26 | The establishment of reserves to protect wildlife was accepted by hunters when it became clear that some species would soon be wiped out altogether . |
| 27 | When this response occurs , it will elicit a set of feedback cues ( ) and these will thus be evoked whenever either or subsequently occurs . |
| 28 | The Kabalevsky sonata — which , too was given its first USA hearing by Horovitz — is a lesser work with more than a suspicion of playing to Russian wartime tastes , especially in the finale ; but it could scarcely be presented more convincingly . |
| 29 | Although the picture he gives is over-simplified it is thought out clearly and could scarcely be presented more lucidly or vividly . |
| 30 | This argument was slighted by those who felt that the tourist was more concerned with a modern hotel than an ancient mansion , but the case can no longer be treated so flippantly . |